Mayor Says Rev. Jamal Bryant Has Been Warned By Her Administration

Friday, May 29, 2015
WBAL NewsRadio 1090

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake sent a stern warning to those who want to tie traffic to protest.

That warning went to Rev. Jamal Bryant. C4 asked Mayor was asked why Bryant was was not arrested. The mayor answered that a lot of the blockages were police officers trying to prevent people from walking up the ramps during the protest.

That being said, she adds, "My administration has communicated directly with Bryant that, if he engages in behavior that disrupts our city, that he'll answer for that."

Listen to her statement below:

The mayor also spoke about the response period to street light outages in the city.

Several people in neighborhoods with street light outages called WBAL NewsRadio 1090 to report that they become more worried about the lack of light as the overnight crime escalates in the city.

The mayor says many of those street lights are the responsibility of BGE.

"We don't have any control over when they get to that job," she states.

Street light outages are responsibility of the city, the mayor explains. But she says the challenge is when BGE is responsible.

She goes on to say that her administration continues to push to get the job done. But that she has met with her team and the department of transportation, so they could use their resources to fix the problem when BGE is unable to. They are considering the us of tower lights in those areas until they are served by BGE.